Thousands of vegetarians have signed a petition after discovering that the newly introduced five-pound notes contain tallow, derived from animal fats such as cow, sheep or pigs. A smaller plastic £10 note featuring novelist Jane Austen will go into circulation next summer and a £20 polymer note, featuring the artist JMW Turner, is due by 2020.

On Tuesday night, tens of thousands of Cubans jammed the plaza as the presidents of Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and South Africa, along with leaders of a host of smaller nations, offered speeches paying tribute to Castro, who died Friday night at 90.

On Facebook, Kirstie's husband Stuart, posted: "I am sorry to say this morning my attractive wife and Lyns' attractive daughter passed onto a place where she can dance, sing, party and pole as much as she wants". In a blog post written a few weeks ago, Kirstie explained how doctors had diagnosed her body with chronic rejection of her new lungs, resulting in a health decline which meant that she was too ill to be considered for a third transplant.

The veterans also want to call attention to the violent treatment that law enforcement has waged on the protesters, according to Veterans Stand for Standing Rock . "They have been very professional in the way they've conducted themselves" says Dalrymple. "Veterans within the state North Dakota, we really question that as to where their cause truly is", he said.

When officers entered the kitchen, the pot of grease was smoking hot. When talk failed to remedy the standoff, an officer deployed the Taser as Deloney allegedly threw hot grease on officers and the police dog. Neither the officer nor the K9 officer were seriously injured. Deloney was booked into jail on charges of assaulting an officer, assault on a police K-9 and resisting arrest.

The case involves a woman who lives in Brownsville, near Mexico, and she had no travel-related risk factors for Zika infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said . A blood test shows she also cannot spread the virus. Zika spreads to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species of mosquito - most frequently Aedes aegypti , but also sometimes the Aedes albopictus .

The pair took finger prick tests at a clinic in the capital, Bridgetown , to raise awareness about the fight against HIV/AIDS, joining other events held worldwide on December 1. Rihanna's tests was done by HIV counsellor Felicia Innis. Later, she posted on her Instagram feed: "Couldn't believe how easy this was to get tested and find out my status on the spot!" While waiting for the result, the two toured the stalls set up by Barbados National HIV/AIDS Commission.

Solanezumab, a promising experimental drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, failed in large trials, the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company said . The phase III trial, called EXPEDITION 3, was started in 2013 after the same drug failed to meet its primary endpoints in two earlier clinical trials in mild to moderate Alzheimer's.